Golf ball carrier



June 14, 1932. A. F. TURANO GOLF BALL CARRIER Filed Feb. 27, 1950lllllllllll.

A llorney Patented June 14 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .ADOLPHUS F.TURANO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOLF BALL CARRIER Application filed February 27, 1930. Serial No.431,793.

The present invention relates to carriers for golf balls and consistsessentially of a container of leather or other flexible materialsuitable for conforming to the body of a person provided with beltattaching strap so that a supply of golf balls may be convenientlycarried by a person in such a position as to not interfere with themovement of a player while executing a golf stroke.

One of the important objects of the pres ent invention is to provide acontainer of this character having an opening in one side with a closurefastener of conventional construction so that access to the interior ofthe container may be had for removing one or more 1 end is attached tothe closure fastener for movement therewith into open or closed positionso that the strip of material may seat within the opening over thefastener to protect the same and further to improve the appearance ofthe side of the container provided with the opening.

An additional object is to provide a container of this character of asimple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive inappearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent during the course ofthe following descri ti-on.

In t e accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View with part of the cover strip forthe opening broken away,

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view showing the belt attaching strap forthe container,

Figure 3is an end elevational view,

generally at 5 and preferably made of to leather or other soft flexiblematerial so that the same may readily conform to the contour of the bodyof the wearer. The container is of a substantially closed tubularconstruction which may be formed of four coextensive strips of materialto form the side walls 6 having their meeting edges secured by threads7.

The container thus constructed will be of substantially square shapedformation in cross 74;

section as clearly illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing. It isto be understood however, that the container may be formed round incross section or any other desired shape suitable for holding one ormore golf balls 8.

At one side of the container a plurality of belt attaching straps 9 areprovided at spaced intervals for attaching the container to the belt ofa person, one end of the strap 9 being so releasably secured by a snapfastener 10 or the like.

At the opposite side of the container an opening 11 is formed by cuttingout a relatively long thin strip of material 12 from the side of thecontainer and leaving one end of the strip unsevered as shown at 13. Theedges of the opening are provided with a conventional type of closurefastener preferably of the well known zipper type indicated at 14, thefastener being provided with the usual operating handle 15.

The free end of the strip 12 is secured to the operating handle 15 formovement with the handle when the same is moved into its rial providedwith the fastener so as to cover the same and thus protect the fasteneras well as to improve the appearance of the side of the container byhiding the fastener from view.

5 Adjacent one end of the container, at the side thereof provided withthe opening, is secured a pocket 16 open at one end and provided with aclosure flap 17 having a snap fastener 18 for securing the flap inclosed position. The front wall 19 of the pocket is preferably of anincreased width at its top or open end to accommodate a number of golftees which may be carried in the pocket.

It is obvious that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 20 I claim as new is:

1. An elongated closed container of flexible material for partlyencircling the body of a person, said container having a strip ofmaterial partly cut therefrom along one side thereof to provide anopening, the strip of material being unsevered at one end, a closurefastener having one element movable longitudinally of the opening, andhaving the free end of the material attached thereto for seating thestrip within the opening when the fastener is closed and body attachingmeans for the container.

2. An elongated closed container of flexible material for partlyencircling the body of a person, said container having a strip ofmaterial partly cut therefrom along one side thereof to provide anopening, the strip of material being unsevered at one end, a closurefastener having one element movable longitudinally of the opening, andhaving the free end of the material attached thereto for seating thestrip within the opening when the fastener is closed, and belt attachingstraps carried by the container.

3. A closed container having at least one side thereof formed ofbendable material and slit on two parallel lines and a transverse lineadjacent one end of the parallel lines to provide an opening, and astrip integral at one end with said side adjacent one end of saidopening; and a closure fastener having one element thereof carried bythe free end of the strip and movable longitudinally of the opening toseat the strip within the opening when the closure is closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

'ADOLPHUS F. TURANO.

